National Republican., 1887-03-21

and pomp; all tho thrones facing His throne;
His name the chorus in every song and the In.
scripiion on every banner; HIS landing place
and dogs growing In and out of the stable;
Born Of the weary mother who had iourneyed
eighty miles In severe unhealth that she might
find the right place for the Lords nativity
born, not as other princes, under the flash of a
chandelier, but under lantern swung by
rope to the roof of the barn. In that place
lace, your time, your eternity. in Christ's mind
Sometimes travelling on mules back to escape
old Herods massacre, sometimes attempting
sometimes earning his breakfast BY the car.
peptry of a plough. In Quarantania the stones
Of the field, by their thape and color. looking
like the ioayes of bread, tantalizing his hunger,
yet all the time keeping ON after you; with
drenched &C at treading. the surf of Genessaret;
howled after by a blood'thirsty moh; de-
nounced as a drnnkard; mourning over
O doomed city, while others shouted at the
sight of the shimmering towers; all the time
coming on and coming on to save you; indicted
as being traitor against government. perJured
face, and then hoisted on rough lumber,
In the sight of earth. and heaven, and hell to
the first infant step to the last step OF man.
hood on the sharp spike OF Calvary, journey
for you. On, how He cared for your soul!
wiptry tempest, the midnight dampness, the
abstinence OF forty days from food. the brutal
Sanhedrim, the heights of Golgotha, across
which az he q AND al hs
then dare to say again that no one cares
for your soul. A young man might as
we'll 60 off from home and give his
where he has gone. and. crossing the seas,
sick, and hungry, and lonely. saying; "My
@s sa %0sss ssse %Ss
that fathers hair has turned gray since his son
went of. He has written to all the consuls In
not not Se %otRer care a Anything thing about @ HIM lie
since he went away. All day long and almost
all night she Isg ~ hey Maere
and the. last thought In her prayer, the first
thought In the morning and the last at night:
She says "oh God bring back wSysrS ny Boy
! must see him again before die" oh. do
not his father and mother care for him? You
go away from your Heavenly Father aud you
Will not even read the letters by which he in
vites you to come back while all heaven Is
waiting, and waiting. and waiting for you to
going on will write to you at the end OF seven
years and tell you where am" Many years
have passed along since that son went away,
train, and when he hears the whistle In the
distance he is thrilled with excitement, aud
he waits until all the passengers have come
out, and then he waits until the train has gone
clear out of sight again, and then he goes
home, Fastening back 70 the next tain; aud
he will be at every train until that son comes
back, unless the son waltz until the father be
dead. But oh the greater patience of God |
lie has been waiting for you, not seven years,
not nine years, but for somc OF you.
years; waiting. calling. waiting, calling, until
nO.hing but omnipotent patience could have
endured 1t. oh, my brother do not take the
sentiment Of my text as y9nr y sentiment; We
years ago in my church in Brooklyn, a young
man appeared at the end OF tho platform. and
he ssid ! e ne x eeye Just come n a. Ia1 sea-
came into port this afternoon. ! was in great
blow OFF Cape Hatteras this last week, and I
thought that might as we'll go 70 heaven as to
hell. l thought the ship % would i sink but sir;
until tonight" said to him. "Do you
feel that Christ Is able and willing to save
You :" "oh, yes" he replied, ~ do." well. |"
saveS sas by pRM Hm Sp % he saa sSs "RS aWe IT,
will you now in the prayer we are about TO
Offer give yourself TO G1d fSE @ time and % eteTr
prayer, and. after we had got through praying,
be told me that the great transformation
had taken place. could not doubt II; He Is
port be may gain or lose, but / think he viii
gain the harbor OF heaven.
''Star OF peace beam DER the billow,
Bless the soul that sighs for Thee,
Bless the sailors lonely pillow
Far, far at sea-"
It was sudden conversion with him that
night oh, that II might be sudden conversion
with you lo.dayl God can save you In one mo-
are sudden deaths, sudden calamities. sudden
losses. Why not sudden deliverances2 Gods
spirit is infinite in speed. He Oomes here with
omnipotent power. and he Is ready here an
now. instantaneousiy aud forever TO save yonr
| soul. believe that multitude OF you Will
to- day come to God. feel you are. coming,
and yon will bring along your families and